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- May 29, 2017
- 11:34 AM
- 751 views
Study suggests computational model to predict air pollution after a rocket launching
by SciELO in SciELO in Perspective | Press Releases
The study suggests a new approach to predict major atmospheric pollutants emissions after a Satellite Launch Vehicle (SLV) launching, using a weather/air quality computational model. Propellant combustion may release a huge amount of hydrogen chloride (HCl), carbon monoxide (CO), carbon dioxide (CO2) and particulate matter, posing risk to the environment. … Read More →... Read more »
Iriart, P., Fisch, G., , ., & , . (2016) Uso do Modelo WRF-CHEM para a Simulação da Dispersão de Gases no Centro de Lançamento de Alcântara. Revista Brasileira de Meteorologia, 31(4 suppl 1), 610-625. DOI: 10.1590/0102-7786312314b20150105
Moreira, D., Trindade, L., Fisch, G., Moraes, M., Dorado, R., & Guedes, R. (2011) A multilayer model to simulate rocket exhaust clouds. Journal of Aerospace Technology and Management, 3(1), 41-52. DOI: 10.5028/jatm.2011.03010311
Nascimento, E., Moreira, D., Fisch, G., & Albuquerque, T. (2014) Simulation of Rocket Exhaust Clouds at the Centro de Lançamento de Alcântara Using the WRF-CMAQ Modeling System. Journal of Aerospace Technology and Management, 6(2), 119-128. DOI: 10.5028/jatm.v6i2.277
Schuch, D., & Fisch, G. (2017) The Use of an Atmospheric Model to Simulate the Rocket Exhaust Effluents Transport and Dispersion for the Centro de Lançamento de Alcântara. Journal of Aerospace Technology and Management, 9(2), 137-146. DOI: 10.5028/jatm.v9i2.740
- May 26, 2017
- 01:14 PM
- 795 views
How to find articles in open access – tips from my favorite nerd
by SciELO in SciELO in Perspective
Scholarly communication available online, whether in journals or repositories, adds up to millions, and this figure grows every year. What browser efficient tools are available to researchers, librarians, students, and the like to find the open-access versions of the articles that interest them? … Read More →... Read more »
Jamali, H. (2017) Copyright compliance and infringement in ResearchGate full-text journal articles. Scientometrics. DOI: 10.1007/s11192-017-2291-4
- May 22, 2017
- 09:37 AM
- 165 views
Meteorological Tsunamis: should we worry about them?
by SciELO in SciELO in Perspective | Press Releases
Have you ever heard about meteorological tsunamis? Why it should be important to better understand these natural phenomena? Dr. Iael Perez and Dr. Dragani Walter from the Servicio de Hidrografia - CONICET, Argentina, explain these phenomena in detail after investing on an interesting study conducted in Mar del Plata. … Read More →... Read more »
Dragani, W., Mazio, C., & Nuñez, M. (2002) Sea level oscillations in coastal waters of the Buenos Aires province, Argentina. Continental Shelf Research, 22(5), 779-790. DOI: 10.1016/S0278-4343(01)00096-6
Inman, D., Munk, W., & Balay, M. (1961) Spectra of low frequency ocean waves along the Argentine shelf. Deep Sea Research (1953), 8(3-4), 155-164. DOI: 10.1016/0146-6313(61)90018-1
Monserrat, S., Vilibić, I., & Rabinovich, A. (2006) Meteotsunamis: atmospherically induced destructive ocean waves in the tsunami frequency band. Natural Hazards and Earth System Science, 6(6), 1035-1051. DOI: 10.5194/nhess-6-1035-2006
Perez, I., Walter, D., & , . (2017) Spectral variability in high frequency in sea level and atmospheric pressure on Buenos Aires Coast, Argentina. Brazilian Journal of Oceanography, 65(1), 69-78. DOI: 10.1590/s1679-87592017130506501
- May 10, 2017
- 05:29 PM
- 309 views
Gender disparities in science persist despite significant advances
by SciELO in SciELO in Perspective
The participation of women as authors in academic publications has been increasing significantly worldwide and in all areas of knowledge, reaching 49% in Brazil and Portugal, followed by Australia (44%) and the European Union (41%). Gender equity in science, however, still has a long way to go, especially in the editing and peer review functions. A study of more than 41,000 articles published between 2007 and 2015 shows that male editors - who are majority - preferentially select same gender ref........ Read more »
Markus Helmer, Manuel Schottdorf, Andreas Neef, & Demian Battaglia. (2017) Gender bias in scholarly peer review. eLife. DOI: 10.7554/eLife.21718.001
Ross, E. (2017) Gender bias distorts peer review across fields. Nature. DOI: 10.1038/nature.2017.21685
Lerback, J., & Hanson, B. (2017) Journals invite too few women to referee. Nature, 541(7638), 455-457. DOI: 10.1038/541455a
- May 8, 2017
- 02:25 PM
- 301 views
Health systems in Brazil and regionalization policies
by SciELO in SciELO in Perspective | Press Releases
There is currently a crucial moment in the implementation of the Unified Health System (SUS), since its performance is questioned on all sides, in general, magnifying a superficial view of its failures and denying many of its successes. … Read More →... Read more »
Carvalho, G. (2013) A saúde pública no Brasil. Estudos Avançados, 27(78), 7-26. DOI: 10.1590/S0103-40142013000200002
Moreira, M., Ribeiro, J., Ouverney, A., & , . (2017) Obstáculos políticos à regionalização do SUS: percepções dos secretários municipais de Saúde com assento nas Comissões Intergestores Bipartites. Ciência , 22(4), 1097-1108. DOI: 10.1590/1413-81232017224.03742017
Reis, A., Sóter, A., Furtado, L., Pereira, S., , ., , ., , ., & , . (2017) Reflexões para a construção de uma regionalização viva. Ciência , 22(4), 1045-1054. DOI: 10.1590/1413-81232017224.26552016
Ribeiro, J., Moreira, M., Ouverney, A., Silva, C., & , . (2017) Políticas de saúde e lacunas federativas no Brasil: uma análise da capacidade regional de provisão de serviços. Ciência , 22(4), 1031-1044. DOI: 10.1590/1413-81232017224.03732017
- May 2, 2017
- 11:20 AM
- 314 views
Openness is the only quality of an academic article that can be objectively measured
by SciELO in SciELO in Perspective
Quality of scientific research articles is a widespread preoccupation in academic circles. The most used proxy is based on citation counts, not of the article itself, but of the averages of articles appearing in the same journal during a given time window. This is known as the Journal Impact Factor, which may be objective within its own definition, but utterly lacks objectivity with regard to scientific quality of individual articles. Only some technical qualities of articles can be assessed at ........ Read more »
Fanelli, D. (2009) How Many Scientists Fabricate and Falsify Research? A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Survey Data. PLoS ONE, 4(5). DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0005738
Editorial. (2005) Not-so-deep impact. Nature, 435(7045), 1003-1004. DOI: 10.1038/4351003b
Velho, L. (1986) The “meaning” of citation in the context of a scientifically peripheral country. Scientometrics, 9(1-2), 71-89. DOI: 10.1007/BF02016609
Jalalian M. (2015) The story of fake impact factor companies and how we detected them. Electronic physician, 7(2), 1069-72. PMID: 26120416
- April 25, 2017
- 02:46 PM
- 397 views
Editors of Brazilian journals – a hard life that is getting harder! [Originally published as the editorial in Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciências vol. 89 no. 1]
by SciELO in SciELO in Perspective
The financing of journals of Brazil can be improved by extending the validity period of research grants, in order to allow publishers a better plan for articles publication. An editorial written by Alexander Kellner in the first issue of 2017 of Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciências examines the challenge faced by editors of journals of Brazil and highlights their hard work in attracting relevant manuscripts, seeking to achieve ever greater levels of excellence and internationalization. R........ Read more »
CORDEIRO, Y., & SCHUCK, P. (2015) Hot Topics in Biomedical Sciences. Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciências, 87(2), 1271-1272. DOI: 10.1590/0001-376520158722
Kellner, A., & Ponciano, L. (2008) H-index in the Brazilian Academy of Sciences: comments and concerns. Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciências, 80(4), 771-781. DOI: 10.1590/S0001-37652008000400016
Madeira, R., & Marenco, A. (2016) Os desafios da internacionalização: mapeando dinâmicas e rotas da circulação internacional. Revista Brasileira de Ciência Política, 47-74. DOI: 10.1590/0103-335220161903
Meneghini, R., Packer, A., & Nassi-Calò, L. (2008) Articles by Latin American Authors in Prestigious Journals Have Fewer Citations. PLoS ONE, 3(11). DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0003804
Oliveira Filho, R., Hochman, B., Nahas, F., & Ferreira, L. (2005) Fomento à publicação científica e proteção do conhecimento científico. Acta Cirurgica Brasileira. DOI: 10.1590/S0102-86502005000800009
Packer, A. (2011) Os periódicos brasileiros e a comunicação da pesquisa nacional. Revista USP, 26. DOI: 10.11606/issn.2316-9036.v0i89p26-61
Rego, T. (2014) Produtivismo, pesquisa e comunicação científica: entre o veneno e o remédio. Educação e Pesquisa, 40(2), 325-346. DOI: 10.1590/S1517-97022014061843
Van Noorden R. (2013) Open access: The true cost of science publishing. Nature, 495(7442), 426-9. PMID: 23538808
Vasconcelos, S., Sorenson, M., Watanabe, E., Foguel, D., & Palácios, M. (2015) Brazilian Science and Research Integrity: Where are We? What Next?. Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciências, 87(2), 1259-1269. DOI: 10.1590/0001-3765201520150165
KELLNER, A. (2017) Editors of Brazilian journals - a hard life that is getting harder!. Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciências, 89(1), 1-2. DOI: 10.1590/0001-37652017891
- April 7, 2017
- 03:18 PM
- 452 views
Are we in the GSM Radar?
by SciELO in SciELO in Perspective
Google Scholar Metrics (GSM) offers alternative metrics to the JCR Impact Factor and the SJR, namely the h-5 index. To enter this world ranking that covers more than 40,000 journals it is only necessary to publish an average of 20 articles per year and be cited. However, there are hundreds of journals (our journals) that are not being indexed in GSM. They're off Radar. … Read More →... Read more »
Enrique Ordua-Malea, Alberto Martín-Martín, Juan M. Ayllón, & Emilio Delgado López Cozar. (2016) La revolución Google Scholar: destapando la caja de Pandora académica. Universidad de Granada. info:/
- March 31, 2017
- 06:07 PM
- 420 views
I wrote this… I did not write this… now I write something else…
by SciELO in SciELO in Perspective
The emerging system of online scholarly communication incorporates a technological and ideologically approach different from the traditional one, where the articles initially appear as preprints versions and are modified until reaching the final version. In case of errors, these same technologies provide efficient opportunities to make partial or total corrections and even retractions, associating to the path of a document the history of its versions. It is time, therefore, to establish methodol........ Read more »
Virginia Barbour, Theodora Bloom, Jennifer Lin, & Elizabeth Moylan. (2017) Amending published articles: time to rethink retractions and corrections?. bioRxiv. DOI: 10.1101/118356
- March 27, 2017
- 04:12 PM
- 407 views
Pregnant women modify the labor progress when use warm bath and Swiss ball
by SciELO in SciELO in Perspective | Press Releases
Research demonstrates the use of warm shower and perineal exercises with Swiss ball alone or combined during labor improves fetal well-being, stimulates uterine contractions, reduces labor time and accelerates progression to outcome in normal birth. … Read More →... Read more »
Barbieri, M., Henrique, A., Chors, F., Maia, N., & Gabrielloni, M. (2013) Banho quente de aspersão, exercícios perineais com bola suíça e dor no trabalho de parto. Acta Paulista de Enfermagem, 26(5), 478-484. DOI: 10.1590/S0103-21002013000500012
Benfield, R., Hortobagyi, T., Tanner, C., Swanson, M., Heitkemper, M., & Newton, E. (2010) The Effects of Hydrotherapy on Anxiety, Pain, Neuroendocrine Responses, and Contraction Dynamics During Labor. Biological Research For Nursing, 12(1), 28-36. DOI: 10.1177/1099800410361535
Gau, M., Chang, C., Tian, S., & Lin, K. (2011) Effects of birth ball exercise on pain and self-efficacy during childbirth: A randomised controlled trial in Taiwan. Midwifery, 27(6). DOI: 10.1016/j.midw.2011.02.004
Henrique, A., Gabrielloni, M., Cavalcanti, A., Melo, P., & Barbieri, M. (2016) Hidroterapia e bola suíça no trabalho de parto: ensaio clínico randomizado. Acta Paulista de Enfermagem, 29(6), 686-692. DOI: 10.1590/1982-0194201600096
- March 22, 2017
- 03:37 PM
- 189 views
Study shows that malocclusion has a negative impact on adolescents’ quality of life
by SciELO in SciELO in Perspective | Press Releases
A study carried out at Federal University of Minas Gerais (UFMG) has shown that malocclusion (badly positioned teeth) may affect adolescents’ quality of life in a negative way. According to what was reported by parents and caregivers, youngsters with more serious alterations show more impaired aspects of emotional and social well-being than individuals without alterations or with minor ones. … Read More →... Read more »
Abreu, L., Melgaço, C., Abreu, M., Lages, E., & Paiva, S. (2016) Perception of parents and caregivers regarding the impact of malocclusion on adolescents’ quality of life: a cross-sectional study. Dental Press Journal of Orthodontics, 21(6), 74-81. DOI: 10.1590/2177-6709.21.6.074-081.oar
- March 14, 2017
- 02:30 PM
- 427 views
Internationalization as an indicator of journal performance in Brazil: the case of Psychology
by SciELO in SciELO in Perspective
The path to strengthening scientific publications almost always goes through internationalization. Publishing in English, however, is not enough to reach a truly global audience and indices comparable to the most prestigious journals. A study on the degree of internationalization of Brazilian psychology journals shows how to walk this path. … Read More →... Read more »
Fradkin, C. (2017) The Internationalization of Psychology Journals in Brazil: A Bibliometric Examination Based on Four Indices. Paidéia (Ribeirão Preto), 27(66), 7-15. DOI: 10.1590/1982-43272766201702
Gamba, E., Packer, A., & Meneghini, R. (2015) Pathways to Internationalize Brazilian Journals of Psychology. Psicologia: Reflexão e Crítica, 66-71. DOI: 10.1590/1678-7153.20152840010
Menandro, P., Linhares, M., Bastos, A., & Dell'Aglio, D. (2015) The Brazilian Psychology Postgraduate System and the Internationalization Process: Critical Aspects, Evaluation Indicators and Challenges for Consolidation. Psicologia: Reflexão e Crítica, 57-65. DOI: 10.1590/1678-7153.2015284009
Meneghini, R., & Packer, A. (2007) Is there science beyond English? Initiatives to increase the quality and visibility of non-English publications might help to break down language barriers in scientific communication. EMBO reports, 8(2), 112-116. DOI: 10.1038/sj.embor.7400906
Meneghini, R. (2013) SciELO, Scientific Electronic Library Online, a Database of Open Access Journals. Higher Learning Research Communications, 3(3), 3. DOI: 10.18870/hlrc.v3i3.153
- March 3, 2017
- 03:18 PM
- 393 views
In memoriam: Eugene Garfield – 1925-2017
by SciELO in SciELO in Perspective
The father of Scientometrics died at 91 years old on February 27, 2017 leaving a production of more than 1.000 papers and communications over 60 years of research. … Read More →... Read more »
Price, D. (1976) A general theory of bibliometric and other cumulative advantage processes. Journal of the American Society for Information Science, 27(5), 292-306. DOI: 10.1002/asi.4630270505
Stephen J. Bensman. (2013) Eugene Garfield, Francis Narin, and PageRank: The Theoretical Bases of the Google Search Engine. arXiv. arXiv: 1312.3872v1
- February 22, 2017
- 08:03 AM
- 470 views
SciELO Preprints on the way
by SciELO in SciELO in Perspective
The main objective of SciELO Preprints is to speeding up the availability of research results and will contribute to an organized flow of potentially acceptable preprints by SciELO journals, in line with the advances and growing importance of preprints publication internationally. The cooperative construction of the SciELO Preprints modus operandi will encompass the promotion and debate of the preprints concept, the definition of governance and operations structures and the operational implement........ Read more »
Berg, J., Bhalla, N., Bourne, P., Chalfie, M., Drubin, D., Fraser, J., Greider, C., Hendricks, M., Jones, C., Kiley, R.... (2016) Preprints for the life sciences. Science, 352(6288), 899-901. DOI: 10.1126/science.aaf9133
Callaway E. (2017) Heavyweight funders back central site for life-sciences preprints. Nature, 542(7641), 283-284. PMID: 28202994
Ginsparg, P. (2016) Preprint Déjà Vu. The EMBO Journal, 35(24), 2620-2625. DOI: 10.15252/embj.201695531
Pulverer, B. (2016) Preparing for Preprints. The EMBO Journal, 35(24), 2617-2619. DOI: 10.15252/embj.201670030
Vale, R. (2015) Accelerating scientific publication in biology. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 112(44), 13439-13446. DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1511912112
- February 13, 2017
- 09:09 AM
- 505 views
What is the possible effect of clown interaction on vital signs and nonverbal communication of hospitalized children?
by SciELO in SciELO in Perspective | Press Releases
Researchers at the Faculdade de Medicina de Jundiaí [Jundiaí School of Medicine], in the city of Jundiaí (State of São Paulo, Brazil) and Universidade Guarulhos [Guarulhos University], in the city of Guarulhos (State of São Paulo, Brazil), published a study that shows the positive and beneficial effects of the interaction of hospitalized children with clowns using as indicators nonverbal communication and vital signs of these children. … Read More →... Read more »
Alcântara, P., Wogel, A., Rossi, M., Neves, I., Sabates, A., & Puggina, A. (2016) Effect of interaction with clowns on vital signs and non-verbal communication of hospitalized children. Revista Paulista de Pediatria (English Edition), 34(4), 432-438. DOI: 10.1016/j.rppede.2016.02.011
- February 8, 2017
- 03:05 PM
- 504 views
Assessment of reproducibility in research results leads to more questions than answers
by SciELO in SciELO in Perspective
The ‘Reproducibility Project: Cancer Biology’ initiative that has the purpose of assessing the reproducibility of preclinical research in Oncology was launched in 2013 as the result of a collaboration between the Center for Open Science and Science Exchange. The first results of the replication studies have just been published, however, their interpretation requires a careful approach. … Read More →... Read more »
Nosek, B., & Errington, T. (2017) Making sense of replications. eLife. DOI: 10.7554/eLife.23383
Baker, M. (2016) 1,500 scientists lift the lid on reproducibility. Nature, 533(7604), 452-454. DOI: 10.1038/533452a
Baker, M. (2012) Independent labs to verify high-profile papers. Nature. DOI: 10.1038/nature.2012.11176
Begley, C., & Ellis, L. (2012) Drug development: Raise standards for preclinical cancer research. Nature, 483(7391), 531-533. DOI: 10.1038/483531ª
Prinz, F., Schlange, T., & Asadullah, K. (2011) Believe it or not: how much can we rely on published data on potential drug targets?. Nature Reviews Drug Discovery, 10(9), 712-712. DOI: 10.1038/nrd3439-c1
None. (2017) The challenges of replication. eLife. DOI: 10.7554/eLife.23693
- February 7, 2017
- 03:15 PM
- 361 views
Biofouling successional processes
by SciELO in SciELO in Perspective | Press Releases
To assess the successional pattern of fouling organisms we tested the hypothesis that depth, light intensity and predation influences the trajectory of the fouling community. The results suggest that each physical factor or biological process can change the successional trajectory, and the respective model (e.g., convergent, divergent, parallel, or cyclic) depends on the magnitudes of the determinants that act on the community at each stage of its trajectory. … Read More →... Read more »
Masi, B., Zalmon, I., & Coutinho, R. (2016) Effects of structural factors on upwelling fouling community, Southeast Brazil. Brazilian Journal of Oceanography, 64(4), 387-400. DOI: 10.1590/s1679-87592016128706404
- February 1, 2017
- 02:58 PM
- 772 views
Preprints – the way forward for rapid and open knowledge sharing
by SciELO in SciELO in Perspective
Preprints – versions of academic articles that have not yet been formally peer-reviewed before publication – are gaining acceptance in the academic world. They deliver open access as well as speedy publication, and their decades old success in physics has spurred on their spread in other disciplines. The development of preprints is accelerating; important funding agencies are in support of them, and also SciELO is planning to set up a preprint server for authors in Latin America and the Glob........ Read more »
Helena Cousijn,, Amye Kenall,, Emma Ganley,, Melissa Harrison,, David Kernohan,, Fiona Murphy,, Patrick Polischuk,, Maryann Martone,, & Timothy Clark. (2017) A Data Citation Roadmap for Scientific Publishers. bioRχiv. DOI: 10.1101/100784
CHAWLA, D.S. (2017) When a preprint becomes the final paper. Nature. info:/
- January 24, 2017
- 07:42 AM
- 486 views
Study assesses financing sources of open-access article processing charge
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Is there a correlation between article processing charge (APC) and the journals' Impact Factor? What are the funding sources for payment and how do they influence the choice of journals for publication? These and other questions were investigated by authors from Nanjing University, China and the results explain the peculiarity of open access in different countries. … Read More →... Read more »
MADHAN, M., KIMIDI, S. S., GUNASEKARAN S., & ARUNACHALAM S. (2016) Should Indian researchers pay to get their work published?. ePrints@IISc. info:/
WANG, L. L., LIU, X. Z., & FANG, H. (2015) Investigation of the degree to which papers supported by research grants are published in open access health and life sciences journals. Scientometrics, 104(2), 511-528. info:/10.1007/s11192-015-1624-4
- January 18, 2017
- 06:49 AM
- 307 views
Research tests real contribution of stay-green character in Brazilian wheats
by SciELO in SciELO in Perspective | Press Releases
Wheat lines carriers of stay-green alleles have a higher capacity to reach higher yield under more restricted environmental conditions compared to the checks. The study was conducted by researchers from the Federal University of Pelotas (UFPel) in Pelotas, in partnership with UNIJUI and the Agricultural Research and Extension Company of Santa Catarina and Embrapa Clima Temperado in Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. … Read More →... Read more »
Luche, H., Silva, J., Nornberg, R., Hawerroth, M., Silveira, S., Caetano, V., Santos, R., Figueiredo, R., Maia, L., & Oliveira, A. (2017) Stay-green character and its contribution in Brazilian wheats. Ciência Rural, 47(1). DOI: 10.1590/0103-8478cr20160583
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